Rapid Vienna gets top scorer Claudy Mbuyi from St. Pölten!

Rapid Vienna gets top scorer Claudy Mbuyi from St. Pölten!

St. Pölten, Österreich - Claudy Mbuyi, the 26-year-old striker, made a change from SKN St. Pölten to SK Rapid Vienna. The reigning top scorer of the Austrian 2nd league signed a contract that runs until the end of the 2027/28 season. No Details were published about the transfer modalities, but St. Pölten was originally ready to request a transfer fee of 500,000 euros, with the agreement that was just below. Mbuyi wears the number 71 with his new club.

mbuyi, born in the Congo, began his career in France at FC Villefranche-Beaujolais, where he had 47 missions in the third highest league. In the summer of 2024 he moved to SKN St. Pölten and scored an impressive 23 goals in 26 competitive games in the past season - 21 of them in Admiral 2nd League. Managing Director Sport, Markus Katzer, was enthusiastic about the goal quota of the newcomer and his decision for SK Rapid.

positive impressions and medical check

Before starting in training, Mbuyi has successfully completed several performance tests. The medical check also went to his satisfaction, which makes it ready for the upcoming challenges under the new coach Peter Stöger. This has already set the team training for Monday. Mbuyi is initially planned as an alternative for the center forward position. Under the former trainer Tanrimis, he scored 21 goals in 17 missions.

The player himself proudly expresses that it is part of a "big club" like SK Rapid and is looking forward to the challenges ahead of him. It is particularly worth mentioning that Mbuyi was often seen in the Allianz Stadium, where a friendship developed into Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao, who also advised him to change. The new coaching team also plans further discussions about other candidates for the center forward position to strengthen the offensive.

strategic adjustments in the squad

The club has decided to give up the previous 4-2-2-2 system as part of the strategic realignment. Instead, flanks should play an increased role on the offensive in the future to adapt the way of playing. The coaching team wants to specifically respond to the strengths of the new squad and in particular Mbuyi.

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With the transfer of Claudy Mbuyi, SK Rapid marks a promising step into the next season, in which the newcomer wants to demonstrate its impressive buzzing.

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